
Arturo Berned
“A straight line for some can seem boring and uninteresting, but for me it comes alive. I wish the straight line would think of me a tenth of the time I spend thinking about it.”
Spanish artist Arturo Berned (B. 1966) is an architect and sculptor whose work is based upon the reinterpretation of both shapes and space, through a geometric language. He employs mathematics, Euclidean space, and the golden ratio as tools in his works, using geometry to understand both the physical world and the world of the senses. (Read More)
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Berned utilizes steel, the primary material for most of his sculptures, to construct a highly personal formal universe. Balance, light, mass, emptiness, contradiction, touch, dialogue, and tension are the tools and arguments of his work. He views sculpture as an organizing element of space, utilizing scale, size, arrangement, and form to establish a complicity between architecture and sculpture.
Graduating in 1993 with a degree in Architecture, he worked extensively as an architect in Spain, the UK, and Mexico. In 2000, during his tenure as the Director of the Projects and Works Department at the Lamela Studio, he exclusively turned to sculpture, creating a significant body of monumental works that seamlessly integrate into urban spaces and buildings, fostering a dialogue with the city, architecture, and sculpture.
His achievements include winning the 2000 “Sculpture Door Loewe” international contest and a 2012 exhibition at the IVAM Museum, featuring over 50 sculptures. In 2013, he became the first Spanish artist to showcase the ‘Lady Dior’ bag in Hong Kong. Representing Spain in the ‘Dual Year – Spain-Japan’ in 2014, he has left his artistic mark globally at fairs and exhibitions in Spain, Mexico, Japan, Dubai, the United States, and China. His recent intervention at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Los Cabos underscores his diverse and impactful contributions.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Awards & Honors
2019 International Contest of Sculpture Kajima, Tokyo, Japan
2013 ‘Lady Dior’ Bag in the exhibition ‘Lady Dior As Seen By’, Hong Kong, China
2012 1st Prize International Contest Monumental Scuplture, Zaragoza, Spain
2008 International Prize Sculpture of Caja Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
2001 1st Prize International Contest Door Sculpture Flagship Loewe, Madrid, Spain
Imortant Exhibitions
2020 ARCO, Lisboa, Portugal
2019 Art Biennal, Beijing, China
2018 Art Basel, Hong Kong, China
2016 ARTBO, Bogotá, Colombia
Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
2014 Ibero-American Sculpture, Tokyo, Japan
PIE (Sculpture International Park), Madrid, Spain
2013 ART, Madrid, Spain
2012 IV Biennial Contemporary Art Once, Madrid, Spain
Museum Ivam, Valencia, Spain
2011 Espacio de las Artes, Madrid, Spain
FERIARTE, Madrid, Spain
2010 Contemporary Sculptors, Bosque de Acero, Cuenca, Spain
2000 Architects Plastic Work, Fundación Cultural COAM, Madrid, Spain
Important Group Exhibitions
2014 Art Miami, Florida, USA
Permanent Collections
BMW Collection
Christian Dior Collection
Ritz Carlton Zadun, José del Cabo, México
Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Ivam Museum, Valencia, Spain